Synopsis "India-Pakistan Partition and Its Consequences"
This volume offers a rigorous re-examination of the 1947 Partition through the integrated lens of political economy and South Asian geopolitics. It analyzes how the creation of West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) reconfigured institutions, property systems, and demographic balances across the subcontinent.By assessing the political strategy of the Muslim League, the constitutional negotiations surrounding the Cabinet Mission Plan, and the role of the British administration, the book explains how institutional bargaining transformed into large-scale forced migration and one of the most consequential refugee crises of the twentieth century. It links historical decisions to enduring governance challenges in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, demonstrating how state formation and economic development remain intertwined.As part of a sustained research programme on Partition and regional restructuring, this study contributes to the consolidation of a coherent analytical framework for South Asian political economy. It invites readers to reconsider Partition not as a closed chapter of history, but as a defining structural moment whose economic and geopolitical consequences continue to shape the region.This book will interest historians, political economists, policy scholars, and readers concerned with state formation, forced migration, and South Asian geopolitics. Read more